The world is a naturally playful place. Children don’t need to be in a playroom or at a park to explore playfully. In fact, they’re often playing when we don’t have time, and when it definitely doesn’t go along with our adult agenda. This is because children will find the inherent playfulness of all materials […]
“In play, a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behavior in play it is as though he were a head taller than himself.” – Lev Vygostsky* Picture a child at play, with materials and ideas they are interested in: perhaps some classic unit blocks. They are balancing and stacking in ways […]
For young children, play is about experiencing the world: about getting their hands on and into all the things that spark their curiosity. Kids want to interact with their surroundings, with objects and spaces. They don’t necessarily need a finished product or a pre-determined end point. Kids are happy to jump into play for the sake […]
